Brenda Castillo-Garza

Senior Vice President, Head of Resident Services
“Growing up in a poor neighborhood, my parents worked multiple jobs and sacrificed their individual goals and aspirations to ensure my brothers, sisters, and I had a home, access to good health care and education. I am honored to work in an organization that prioritizes housing as a right and not a privilege, and demands for equitable access to opportunities that will empower residents to live their lives to the fullest.”

Brenda was promoted to Senior Vice President and Head of MidPen Resident Services Corporation in September 2024. As head of the group that provides onsite services to support advancement of 20,000+ residents in the areas of education, health, and economic mobility, Brenda leads a 140-person team and manages an annual department budget of $14 million.  

Brenda joined MidPen Resident Services in 2012 as a recognized innovator in after-school programming. Since then, she has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and earned successive promotions as she expanded family and youth programs, took on management of a large region, and oversaw a $1+ million Investment Fund effort to bring English as a Second Language and digital skill-building to residents. Brenda is incredibly proud of the programs and opportunities that she has helped shaped and sustain – particularly the after-school program and MidPen’s work on resident economic mobility.  

Brenda notes that the highlight of her MidPen experience is the opportunity to work with a dynamic, resourceful, and extremely driven team that has a deep passion for creating and delivering programs and solutions that empower a team, company, and families to meet and exceed desired expectations.  

Brenda loves to bake, cook, and occasionally paint. However, most of her time outside of work is spent with her two children, her husband, and her extended family. If she’s not on a softball or baseball field with her kids, you can find her rooting on the Golden State Warriors and her beloved San Francisco Giants.  

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